Seattle — Starbucks Corporation, in partnership with Volvo Cars, has named the first Starbucks stores where new electric vehicle (EV) chargers, powered by ChargePoint Holdings, Inc., will be available to customers and members of the public — part of the company’s commitment to a sustainable future. Four charging stations have been installed at the first Starbucks location in Provo, Utah, and additional places to charge will be positioned along a 1,350-mile route that winds through national forests and major community hubs from the Colorado Rockies to Starbucks’ headquarters in Seattle.
These charging stations are among the first that are online and available along the proposed 1,350-mile route, providing customers a place to recharge both themselves and their battery-powered vehicles. By the end of the year, up to 60 DC fast chargers will be installed at up to 15 Starbucks stores approximately every 100 miles along the route, helping to provide much-needed new infrastructure for current and prospective EV drivers. While customers’ cars are recharging outside, drivers can relax comfortably inside with their favorite Starbucks beverages.
While drivers of any EV equipped with a standard CCS1 or CHAdeMO receptacle will be able to use these stations for a fee, drivers of Volvo cars will get the added benefit of having access to these stations at no charge or at preferential rates.
“Access to EV charging should be as easy as getting a great cup of coffee — and now, it can be,” says Michael Kobori, Starbucks’ chief sustainability officer. “We look forward to continuing this partnership with Volvo and ChargePoint.”
Drivers of Volvo Recharge models with Google embedded can use the ChargePoint app integrated into their vehicle’s in-dash system, while others can use the mobile ChargePoint app, to find, use and pay for access to the ChargePoint charging stations at participating Starbucks locations.
The full list of communities with planned EV charger-enabled Starbucks store locations currently includes:
- Seattle
- Issaquah, Wash.
- Yakima, Wash.
- Hermiston, Ore.
- La Grande, Ore.
- Nampa, Idaho
- Twin Falls, Idaho
- Unitah, Utah
- Sandy, Utah
- Provo, Utah
- Grand Junction, Colo.
- Glenwood Springs, Colo.
- Silverthorne, Colo.
- Idaho Springs, Colo.
- Broomfield, Colo.
Just as Volvo Cars plans to be a fully electric car company by 2030, Starbucks is reimagining the store experience for greater connection, ease and planet-positive impact. Starbucks continues to rapidly expand its roster of renewable energy and decarbonization projects in the U.S in support of its global goal to reduce its carbon footprint by 50% by 2030 and multi-decade aspiration to become a resource positive company.
Since 1971, Starbucks Coffee Company has been committed to ethically sourcing and roasting high-quality arabica coffee. Today, with more than 34,000 stores worldwide, the company is the premier roaster and retailer of specialty coffee in the world. For more information, visit www.starbucks.com.
Volvo Car USA LLC, (www.volvocars.com/us) is a subsidiary of Volvo Car Group of Gothenburg, Sweden. VCUSA provides marketing, sales, parts, service, technology and training support to Volvo automobile retailers in the United States. For more information, visit http://www.media.volvocars.com/us.
Since 2007, ChargePoint has been committed to making it easy for businesses and drivers to go electric with one of the largest EV charging networks and a comprehensive portfolio of charging solutions. The ChargePoint cloud subscription platform and software-defined charging hardware are designed to include options for every charging scenario from home and multifamily to workplace, parking, hospitality, retail and transport fleets of all types. To date, more than 113 million charging sessions have been delivered. For more information, visit the ChargePoint pressroom.
SOURCE: ChargePoint